Re: [Iterm-discuss] copy & paste behaviour?

[David N. <dn...@ma...>]

On Oct 20, 2006, at 4:38 PM, John Hannfield wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am a big fan of iTerm and have been using it since it came out.
> But the newer versions have this feature I just don't understand.
>
> If you are trying to select text in a terminal window, you sometimes
> get the cursor turning in to the big green + sign  (what does that  
> mean?)

This is actually OS X behavior. If you highlight something, then hold  
down the mouse button on it for a moment, it turns into a sticky  
copy. You can duplicate this is virtually any OS X program, including  
Terminal.app.

If you accidentally grab some text, you can hit the ESC key to cancel  
the operation.

Hope this answers your question.

-David